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g EMBROIDBRING MACHINE. No. 254,967. Patented Mar. 14,1882.

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ALFRED HEAVEN, OF MANCHESTER, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

EMBROlDERlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,967, dated March 14, 1882. Application tiled October l, 1881'. (No model.) Patented in England November-4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED HEAVEN, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Eng land, have invented an Improved Device for Automatically Placing Ornamental Figures upon the Needles of an Embroideiing-Machine, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 4,525, bearing date November 4, 1880,) of which thefollowing is a specitcation.

The object of my invention is to secure circular, oval, or other figures of velvet, satin, or other material to cloth, so that the said tigures may be embroidered by an ordinary embroidering-machine.

The invention consists of a guide bar provided with a series of recesses having central apertures, and also in the combination, with the guide-bar providedwith recesses and end apertures, of pins hinged to the carriage ot the machine which carries the needle holders, and adapted to enter the end apertures ol" the said guide-bar, whereby a series of gures is adapted to be. held in alignment with and to be placed automatically upon the needles, as hereinafter fully described.

When I use circular shapes the velvet or other material to be attached is stamped or cut the exact size required, and when the silk or other thread has been fastened to the cloth in the machine I place on each needle at the front of the machine a piece'of stamped velvet, the needle entering the center of the stamped velvet. The needles are then passed through the fabric in the machine, and each piece of stamped velvet is fastened on the fabric by the machine exactly in the right position, no cutting' and no adjusting by hand being required. When I attach a strip of velvetor other material to the cloth in the machine I mark a line along the center of the strip and place the strip on the needles which pierce the strip at the center line. l canin this manner attach figures of any shape of velvet or other material to the cloth in the ma chine. l also attach in this manner material of any gure or shape to the cloth in the machine to serve as padding for the embroidery. In this case the whole of the figure is covered withembroidery-stitches. Theguresorshapes of velvet are fastened to and embroidered with the velvet or other material is placed, a hole is made in the bar for the needle to enter when it pierces thecloth. When aguidebar is used the stamped velvet or other material need not be marked or punched where the needle is to enter.

And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into eifect, I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings,lreference `being had to the figures and `letters marked thereon.

Figure lis afrontelevation of part of a guidebar or cloth-holder. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing a guide-pin and part of the carriage. Fig. 3 isa side view of the carriage and needle-clamp, showing a figure upon the needle ready to be attached to the cloth; and Fig. 4 is a side View of the cloth and gure, showing the manner of attaching the latter.

e is the guidebar, in which are circular reesses a exactly the size of the circular pieces of velvet or cloth to be placed on the needles, andthe small holes in the center are for the needles to enter when they pierce the cloth. At each endof the guidebar is a hole, b, which t on guide-pins c, hinged to the front carriage, d, ot` the machine which supports the needle-` holders.

The mode of operation is as follows: A circular piece of velvet or cloth is placed in each recess in the guide-bar, the needles being stationary at the front of the machine, one end ot' the piece of embroidery thread in each needle having been fastened to the cloth in the machine where the lower edge of each gure to be embroidered will be placed. The guide-bar is then pressed onto the needles over the threads or cords, and the needles pierce the center of each circular piece of velvet or cloth. rlhe guide-bar is then removed, andthe velvet remains on the needles. The machine is then put in motion, and the needles pass through the center of each iigure, as shown in Fig. 3, t'hus fastening the circular pieces of velvet to the cloth in the machine, as shown in Fig. 4. The needles are then drawn through at the front, just abovethe edge of each figure, and returned through the edge ot' each iigure to the back ot' the machine. This operation is again repeated to secure the velvet on the cloth, and then the embroidery is proceeded with as desired.

Fig. 6 shows a circular piece oi velvet with the three fastening-stitches which secure it to the cloth in the machine and are eut away when the embroidery is finished, when desirable. Fig. 5 shows a guidebar wit-h the recesses connected by slots to receive figures of velvet or other material connected by a strip of the same material. Figs. 7 and S show figures completely embroidered.

Velvet or other material of any color, figure, or design maybe placed on the needles by suitable guide-bars, to be attached to the cloth in the machine and partly covered with embroidery, or to serve as padding and be wholly covered with embroidery; or the velvet or other material may be placed on the needles byhand without the use ot' guide-bars.

What l believe to be new, and claim as my invention, is-

l. The combinatiomwith the guide-bare,provided with the recesses a, and the end apertures, b, ot' the pins c, hinged to the carriage d, which carries the needle-holders, and adapted to enter the apertures bofthe said guide-bar, whereby a series of figures is adapted to be held in alignmentwithand to be placed automatically upon the needles, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. An improved device for placing the iigures upon the needles of an embroidering-machine, consisting of the guide-bar e, provided with a series ot' recesses, a, having central apertures, substantially as shown and described.

ALFRED HEAVEN.

Witnesses:

C. A. BARLOW,

Manchester. CORNELIUS LAW,

19 Dickinson Street, Manchester. 

